Efficacy and Safety of Acupuncture in the Treatment of Poststroke Insomnia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Twenty-Six Randomized Controlled Trials.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate the efficacy and safety of acupuncture in the treatment of poststroke insomnia.

Methods

PubMed, the Cochrane Library, Embase, Web of Science, China Biology Medicine (CBM), CNKI, VIP, and Wanfang databases were searched by computer from their inception to April 29, 2021, for collecting all randomized controlled trials of acupuncture in the treatment of poststroke insomnia. After two reviewers independently screened the literature, extracted the data, and evaluated the risk of bias in the included studies, the data were analyzed by RevMan 5.3 and STATA 16.0. The quality of outcomes was evaluated by the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE).

Results

A total of 26 studies with 1874 cases were included, which had 94

SUBMITTER: Zhou L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8957466 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature